Tag Archives: Shelley Midura

Energy-efficiency programs in the New Orleans area are taking shape in fits and starts. But as green energy options for consumers evolve, finding a single program to suit public demand has been difficult. The New Orleans City Council’s Utility Committee ...

Coroner Dr. Frank Minyard is counting on the New Orleans City Council to rescue his office by amending the city budget, which he says will put a halt to autopsies some time this year. And that would stop murder prosecutions, ...

It’s not that Mayor Ray Nagin and City Council members don’t communicate. It’s that when they do engage one another, it tends to be at the level of adolescent siblings competing for parental attention. The latest version of “did not, ...

By Deon Roberts, Online Editor It’s budget time in the city of New Orleans, and perhaps the most controversial issue is whether the city should increase its property tax collections. Mayor C. Ray Nagin is pushing for higher property tax ...

By Deon Roberts, Online Editor Entergy Corp. has taken a beating this year. First there were the hurricanes that destroyed the company’s infrastructure, followed by complaints from politicians and the public about the pace of power restoration. Now, a New ...

By Deon Roberts, Online Editor Mayor C. Ray Naginâ€™s administration was warned months ago about potential problems with the nonprofit that ran a program to gut hurricane-damaged houses in New Orleans, Councilwoman Shelley Midura said. Midura, during Thursdayâ€™s City Council ...

By Deon Roberts, Online Editor The cityâ€™s inspector general should let the city attorney know whenever he has initiated an investigation. Thatâ€™s according to City Attorney Penya Moses-Fields, who made the request in a letter Friday to Inspector General Robert ...

By Richard A. Webster, Staff Writer Everything in New Orleans tends to fall along racial lines, and the uproar surrounding New Orleans District Attorney Eddie Jordan is no different. At Wednesdayâ€™s City Council Criminal Justice Committee meeting, called by Councilman ...